'The increasing mix of fixed price contracts is helping us improve productivity by bringing in more automation.'
We import from China not because we love China, but because they sell us these things at cheap prices, points out Rathin Roy.
BCCI is planning aggressively to have an IPL in the United Arab Emirates provided the central government green-lights their request for a shift due to the rising cases of COVID-19.
Australia likely to play the same squad in Sydney; Both teams to pay tribute to firefighters.
'We get an overzealous army of tax inspectors pushing the economy too hard,' says Ajay Shah.
'We have to stop thinking about GDP and look at the impact on output and unemployment.' 'And that is not going to be insignificant.'
Singapore is the most favoured destination for people living in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines when it comes to post-lockdown travel.
From helping their employees infected with the Covid-19 virus to vaccinating them or supporting the families of those who might have succumbed to the infection, several companies in India are trying to do their bit in this difficult time. Some have even widened their support net to include all stakeholders as well as an extended community. To the families of the employees it lost to Covid-19, Noida-headquartered IT services and consulting company HCL Technologies is, for instance, paying salary for a year, medical insurance for three years and extending support for their children's education for five years.
Justin Langer said the contest would likely be an exciting one thanks to the two teams being evenly-matched.
The actual expenditure will only be marginally higher and hence, the multiplier effect will be muted.
The hard court, outdoor competition in Lexington, Kentucky, marked the WTA's first tournament in the United States since the coronavirus outbreak forced almost all sport into a long break earlier this year.
After the Chennai floods, insurance companies had got 50,000 claims worth Rs 4,800 crore.
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices slipped in red to shed over 1% each
The total number of positive cases has increased by 106 in the last 24 hours to reach 1,024.
President Trump originally announced his intention to withdraw from the agreement in 2017 and formally notified the United Nations last year. The US exited the pact after a mandatory year-long waiting period that ended on Wednesday.
While Delhi, home to 22,000 millionaires and 18 billionaires, has a total wealth of USD 450 billion (Rs 30,15,000 crores), Bengaluru boasts of a total wealth of USD 320 billion (Rs 21,44,000 crores). The city is home to 7,500 millionaires and eight billionaires.
It took a lockdown for us in India to even recognise that the plight of migrants needs to be addressed. They were faceless and unrecognised. They were unappreciated and even hounded. They were poorly paid and exploited, notes Ramesh Menon.
HUL, the country's largest FMCG company, saw sales volume fall by 4% for the December quarter.
The 50-issue NSE Nifty too cracked below the 11,400-mark and hit a low of 11,311.60, before finishing 102.65 points, or 0.90 per cent down at 11,354.25.
Lower cost and easier termination may well be among the reasons that companies seek to have employees on contract. The share of employees on contract has increased to 57.3 per cent of the total workforce this year as compared to 53.7 per cent in the previous year.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shutdown all cricketing activities across the globe and Virat Kohli said though he is keeping himself physically fit, his main focus has been working on the mental aspect of the game.
Flight PK-303 from Lahore was about to land in Karachi when it crashed at the Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir, just a minute before its landing, officials said.
Sebi has now said any default of payments of interest or principal on loans taken from financial institutions, including banks, will have to be disclosed if it continues beyond 30 days.
Three key instruments that can help you meet your financial goals, while also allowing you to enjoy tax deductions are ELSS, term cover and health cover.
'The mismatch between valuations and fundamentals is startling,' warns Devangshu Datta
FM proposed rationalisation of various tax exemptions.
Rihanna, who has frequently spoken out on issues such as LGBTQIA+ rights and racism, is the fourth most followed person, with 101.3 million followers, on Twitter after former US president Barack Obama and singers Justin Bieber and Katy Perry. Her tweet on India's farmers received hundreds of thousands of retweets and likes.
PMC Bank depositors have spent the last one year holding protests, meeting politicians, writing to various authorities in an effort to get their hard-earned money back.
Investment in market leaders with a safety-first approach could yield reasonable returns across sectors.
Federer looked more relieved than overjoyed when Tiafoe's forehand found the net on match point to keep his hopes of a 20th grand slam title alive.
Investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and his family's net worth in listed companies surges in the recent bull run.
Rakesh Roshan has been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the throat.
Titan, NCC, Delta Corp, Karur Vysya Bank, Aptech, and Jubilant Life Sciences are among stocks in Jhunjhunwala's portfolio that have taken a severe hit, falling more than 50 per cent during the period.
'People can start making a safety net, and that safety net should be at least three months of your monthly salary.' 'If somebody is earning Rs 25,000 then s/he should have at least Rs 75,000 in her/his bank account, so that if anything like this (lockdowns) happens in the future, they are not struggling.'
India's rural employment guarantee programme MNREGA has been ranked as the world's largest public works programme, providing social security net to almost 15 per cent of the country's population, the World Bank has said.
A Nedumudi Venu character was happiest when moving his head to a piece of music with his eyes closed; or, when inventing off of a note that a co-actor had left unfinished; or, when reciting a poem by Kavalam Narayana Panicker where a hymn about nature descends into a musing about cheating, depression and death, feels Sreehari Nair.
Images from Day 1 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Sunday
States are now gearing up to implement the scheme, integrating it with their own public health insurance plans and tying up the loose ends.
The biggest worry is not the shrinking of the labour market, but the collapse of good jobs.
'The good news is that money continues to flow into India-focussed offshore funds.'
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